Barcelona · Cataluña · CP 08088
La Garriga
La Garriga: living in Barcelona
La Garriga offers 2540 sunshine hours a year, near-full fibre coverage and broad local services — a practical base for living and working in Spain.
Population
17,426
Avg. summer temp
21.3°C
Best place to buy a house
#1207 / 8133
Overall score
7.2/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 0.7/10
More expensive than peer places. Housing about 2,246 €/m²; cost of living at 102% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 7.3/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~45 min; airport ~80 min; Renfe ~21 min; coach ~24 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 5.3/10
Average. About 2,540 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~26.6°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.9/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 99% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 9.1/10
Better than other places. 10 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 8.5/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 93.0% of padrón; international residents 7.0%.
- Future0.0
Future · 6.4/10
Average. Population +0.7% vs last year; registered unemployment +2.9% over the series; mean age 42.5; foreign residents 7.0%; property prices +6.5% YoY. Growing places with improving jobs score higher.
- Tax0.0
Tax · 1.5/10
In this place taxes are higher than in peer places
- Beauty0.0
Beauty · 8.0/10
Better than other places. Founding/earliest record ~-50; Natura 2000 covers about 29.3% of the area (nearest site ~0.2 km).
Place location
La Garriga in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
42.5
<16
16.8%
16–64
65.4%
65+
17.7%
International community
Spanish nationals: 15,354 (93.0%)
Foreign residents: 1,160 (7.0%)
- Morocco: 240
- Italy: 77
- United Kingdom: 69
- Russia: 64
- Bolivia: 60
- Colombia: 53
- Senegal: 48
- Romania: 38
English speakers ≈ 69
Housing
Price €/m²
€2,246
Flats €/m²
2066 €
Houses €/m²
2426 €
6-year change
+45.9%
Province rank: # / 311 · 79% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 08014 (10.2km)
299 approx. sunny days · 2 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
98.7%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Barcelona
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Riu Congost (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 0.2 km
- 02Cingles de Bertí (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 0.9 km
- 03el Montseny (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 1.1 km
- 04Gallifa (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 10.7 km
- 05Conreria-Sant Mateu-Céllecs, la (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 12.1 km
Day trip
- 06Font Groga (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 30.6 km
- 07Rierada-Can Balasc (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 33.1 km
- 08Muntanya de Montserrat (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 37.2 km
- 09Riera de Merlés (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 44.1 km
- 10Ricarda-Ca l`Arana (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 44.5 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · La Garriga
€4,868
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€590
People in Madrid pay less tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€0
People in Barcelona pay about the same tax as here
In La Garriga you pay €1,255 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
4.7%
SEPE unemployed
533
Affiliated workers (approx.)
8,126
Self-employed (approx.)
1,368
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
- CM
Meritxell Budo Pla (CM)
2023–2027 · Junts Per la Garriga - Compromís Municipal
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Official municipal budget figures are not attached for this place yet — we do not show invented surplus/deficit numbers.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto de Girona-Costa Brava (GRO) · 92.9 km · 80 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Barcelona) · 41.2 km · 45 min
High-speed rail
AVE Barcelona Sants · 49.4 km · 42 min
Nearest coast
Platja de la Barceloneta · 42.5 km · 42 min
Nearest city
Barcelona · 41.2 km · 45 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · GRANOLLERS-CENTRE · 16.5 km · 21 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Estació d'Autobusos de Granollers · 17.3 km · 24 min
Local services
This checklist is built from data pulled from other services and may be wrong. If something looks incorrect, click the flag icon to tell us what it should be.
Official sources where available (Diputación de Málaga, Junta education, MITECO fuel stations) plus Overture Maps for shops and clinics. “Yes” means found in those sources; “Unknown” means we cannot confirm yet; “No” is only used when absence is clear (e.g. consultorio but no hospital).
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Registered vehicles
Compared with the average across ranked places, per 1,000 inhabitants.
Cars
8,723
501 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
1,633
94 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Motorbikes
1,539
88 per 1,000 inhabitants
Around average for the population
Buses
15
1 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
36
4 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2540 sunshine hours
La Garriga averages about 2540 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 98.7%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (98.7%) makes La Garriga a practical base for remote work.
Natura 2000 ~29%
About 29% of the municipal area overlaps official Natura 2000 protected nature (not farmland).
About La Garriga
La Garriga is a municipality in Barcelona (Cataluña) with about 1,424 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 2724 €/m². Compare La Garriga with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 08088 · CP 08088 · lat 41.69030845346364, lon 2.2818365664455333 · 424 m · Income: €48,544